Online payment of tax, water tariffs launched in Madurai

PTIJun 14, 2004, 01.14pm IST

MADURAI: The Madurai city corporation on Monday launched online collection of Property Tax and water charges at 16 centres.

Apart from property tax and water charges, people would also be able to receive birth and death certificates. The corporation haw tied up with 16 banks, where its data base was available, for collecting charges.

According to C Ramachandran, City Mayor, the government would bear 80 per cent of the total computerisation and development cost of Rs 1.20 crore, since the programme was on line with its Information Technology and transparency policies.

Consumers could pay their dues with credit cards at http://ww.maduraicorporation.com. Payments made in this form, facilitation counters, zonal offices and banks would immediately be updated to consumers accounts through on-line system payments and their accounts updated at once.

There was also a proposal for online collection of professional tax, vacant land tax, D and O trade licence and PFA Trade tax and details of defaulters would also be available, he said.